Vocabulary
This is the boat Olemaun's family traveled to Aklavik on.
This is an account of a specific time in the author's life.
What is a memoir?
Olemaun went to residential school so she could read this book.
What is Alice's Adventure in Wonderland?
These groups funded Canadian Residential Schools.
Who is the Canadian Government and Churches
This is how students were referred to by Olemaun at the residential school.
What is a wren? Who does it refer to?
This is the name of the sequel to Fatty Legs
What is Stranger at Home
This is what the nuns changed Olemauns name to when she got to residential school.
Who is Margaret?
What is 1996.
It means a hard stone used to sharpen an ulu.
What does Olemaun mean?
Author of Fatty Legs
Who is Margaret Pokiak-Fenton and Christy Jordan-Fenton
What happens when the ice freezes?
This year is when the first residential school opened in Canada.
What is 1831.
People who worked at the school, spoke English, and had European ways.
Who are "outsiders"?
Years Olemaun spent at Residential School
1944-1946
This is what the Raven called Olemaun's chores.
What does 'education' mean?
This Prime Minister issued the apology in 2008.
Who is Stephen Harper.
It is a soft boot, traditionally made of reindeer skin or sealskin.
What is a kamik?
The first words Olemaun's mother said to her when she first saw her after residential school.
What is the red stockings?
This was established in 2008.
What is the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.